Patents by Inventor Aaron Franklin

Aaron Franklin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240165409
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to auditory nerve stimulation to create the perception of sound in the brain of a subject such as an animal or human being. In one form, a system includes an implantable electrode array including a plurality of spaced apart micro-needles. The system also includes a first electrical lead electrically coupled to and extending from the implantable electrode array, and an auditory signal device configured to produce one or more electrical signals representative of communications received from an external processor. An interposer is configured to electrically couple the implantable electrode array and the auditory signal device in an arrangement where one or more electrical signals produced by the auditory signal device may be transmitted through the first electrical lead to the implantable electrode array. Various novel stimulation strategies can be employed, such as place modulated stimulation signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Moritz Michael Leber, Robert Kyle Franklin, IV, Sandeep Negi, Joseph David Crew, Janet Liu, Vinh Quang Ngo, Hubert Hyoungil Lim, Geoffrey Mohon Ghose, Luke Aaron Johnson, Inderbir Singh Sondh, Abigail Paige Heiller, Meredith Evelyn Adams, Andrew John Oxenham, Thomas Heinrich Robert Lenarz, Karl-Heinz Hiro Dyballa, Waldo Nogueira Vazquez, Amir Samii, Keno H. B. Hübner, Paul Pontiller, Marco Eder, Daniel M. Sieber, Alexander Mayr, Guntram Wyzisk, Elisabeth A. Hansen, Dominik Hammerer, Florian Solzbacher, Loren Wellington Rieth
  • Patent number: 11942070
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for speech synthesis is provided. The present invention may include generating one or more final voiceprints. The present invention may include generating one or more voice clones based on the one or more final voiceprints. The present invention may include classifying the one or more voice clones into a grouping using a language model, wherein the language model is trained using manually classified uncloned voice samples. The present invention may include identifying a cluster within the grouping, wherein the cluster is identified by determining a difference between corresponding vectors of the one or more voice clones below a similarity threshold. The present invention may include generating a new archetypal voice by blending the one or more voice clones of the cluster where the difference between the corresponding vectors is below the similarity threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron K. Baughman, Gray Franklin Cannon, Sara Perelman, Gary William Reiss, Corey B. Shelton
  • Patent number: 11930977
    Abstract: Aspects described herein generally relate to a cleaning system, such as a cleaning implement with a primary cleaning member and a removable secondary cleaning member, in particular a mop assembly with a primary cleaning member and a removable secondary cleaning member. The primary cleaning member may be a sponge based cleaning member and the secondary cleaning member may be a scrubbing brush or similar handheld scrubbing member. The scrubbing brush may have an attachment member that includes a pair of rails and a tab assembly that helps to releasably connect the scrubbing brush to a connecting member of the mop assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: The Libman Company
    Inventors: Aaron Libman, Andrew D. Libman, Jon Franklin, Roberto Pellacini
  • Patent number: 11467156
    Abstract: Disclosed are sensors that include a carbon nanotube channel and a non-fouling polymer layer, where the non-fouling polymer layer and the carbon nanotube channel do not directly contact each other and are separated by a dielectric layer. The disclosed sensors may be used, e.g., as biosensors for the accurate and sensitive detection of analytes within a sample. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Ashutosh Chilkoti, Aaron Franklin, Benjamin Yellen, Angus Hucknall, Daniel Joh, Roozbeh Abedini-Nassab, Joseph Andrews
  • Patent number: 11060841
    Abstract: A method of measuring thickness of a material generally includes applying an oscillating signal to a first electrode at a fixed frequency, passing the signal through the material to a second electrode, and measuring the magnitude of the signal reflected back to the first electrode. The thickness of the material is determined based on the measured magnitude of the reflected signal by: 1) comparing the determined magnitude to a predetermined baseline to establish a difference; and 2) identifying the thickness based on the difference. Related apparatuses are also disclosed. The material may be a vehicle tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: DUKE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Joseph Batton Andrews, Martin Brooke, Aaron Franklin
  • Publication number: 20200378916
    Abstract: Disclosed are sensors that include a carbon nanotube channel and a non-fouling polymer layer, where the non-fouling polymer layer and the carbon nanotube channel do not directly contact each other and are separated by a dielectric layer. The disclosed sensors may be used, e.g., as biosensors for the accurate and sensitive detection of analytes within a sample. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Ashutosh Chilkoti, Aaron Franklin, Benjamin Yellen, Angus Hucknall, Daniel Joh, Roozbeh Abedini-Nassab, Joseph Andrews
  • Publication number: 20200300599
    Abstract: A method of measuring thickness of a material generally includes applying an oscillating signal to a first electrode at a fixed frequency, passing the signal through the material to a second electrode, and measuring the magnitude of the signal reflected back to the first electrode. The thickness of the material is determined based on the measured magnitude of the reflected signal by: 1) comparing the determined magnitude to a predetermined baseline to establish a difference; and 2) identifying the thickness based on the difference. Related apparatuses are also disclosed. The material may be a vehicle tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph Batton Andrews, Martin Brooke, Aaron Franklin